What Is Lypo-Spheric™ Vitamin C?

In past years science has moved so quickly that there are now more products than ever that work to help the body quickly and efficiently absorb the vitamins and minerals that it needs to truly thrive and become healthy and happy. Things like liposomal supplements are just one innovation that is helping more people than ever become happy and healthy.

With supplements like lypospheric vitamin c and others, the body is now far more able than ever to take and truly absorb the nutrients and vitamins that the body needs to maintain proper balance, thrive, and become healthy.

How does Lypo-Spheric™ Technology Work

When you take a traditional vitamin supplement, it is not completely and efficiently absorbed into the bloodstream. In some cases, more than 50% of the supplement is flushed out of the system as waste, without providing any benefit.

Lypo-Spheric™ supplements are unique because they use liposomes – two-layer, liquid filled bubbles – made from phospholipids. The structure of liposomes is very similar to the cell membranes that surround each of the cells in the human body.

This structure is formed because of the unique composition of phospholipids. The phosphate (source of “phospho” in phospholipid) head of phospholipids loves water, and the fatty-acid tails (lipids) hate water. When phospholipids are in a solution filled with water and added nutrients like vitamin C, the fatty acid tails quickly move away from the liquid. As all of the tails turn inward, all of the heads turn outward and form a double-layered membrane around the nutrients.

The Vitamin C in the Lypospheric Vitamin C Ingredients List

The other important component used in the ingredients list for Lypo-Spheric™ Vitamin C is the vitamin C itself.
There are several forms of Vitamin C available. Here is a list of the types of vitamin C you can buy:

Ascorbic acid powder is the least expensive form of vitamin C — because it is an acid, it is more likely to cause digestive stress.

Sodium ascorbate powder is safe and easy to use — preferred over all other non-liposomal forms.

Ascorbyl palmitate is a fat-soluble form of vitamin C which gives a different absorption characteristic.

Bioflavonoids are good antioxidant nutrients — although they can help vitamin C improve the antioxidant capacity of the body, they are not necessary for this.

Calcium ascorbate may slightly improve absorption, but high doses can introduce excessive amounts of calcium into the body.

Mineral forms: chromium ascorbate, magnesium ascorbate, manganese ascorbate, molybdenum ascorbate, potassium ascorbate, and zinc ascorbate present a problem because the associated minerals bring toxicities of their own to the table when used in the high dosages that you want to reach with your vitamin C supplementation. Avoid them except in lower doses.

Pills and capsules often contain non-nutritive fillers and ingredients that can add expense and adversely affect absorption. Also, liquid and chewable formulations may contain sugar — avoid them if possible.

Many people think you only need a tiny amount of vitamin C to stay healthy. That’s because scurvy – a vitamin C deficiency disease – spawned the chemical name “ascorbate” for vitamin C. Ascorbate means “against scurvy.” If preventing scurvy is all vitamin C is good for, then a tiny amount would be sufficient for most people. But it can do so much more.

Aside from its ability to prevent scurvy, vitamin C is also required in many processes within the body. Here are a few:

Vitamin C Promotes the Production of Collagen

Vitamin C is vital to the production and maintenance of collagen, the most abundant protein in the human body. Collagen makes up 25% – 35% of the total protein content in the body. Its strong, connective, elongated fibrils are found in skin, ligaments, tendons, cartilage, bone, blood vessels, the intestines, and the discs between spinal vertebrae. It is also found in the cornea and in muscle tissue.

Research on vitamin C and collagen has shown:

Vitamin C helps protect the skin by promoting the production of fibroblasts that support normal wound healing.

Vitamin C protects against premature skin wrinkles.

When vascular smooth muscle cells get more vitamin C, they increase the synthesis and maturation of Type I (aka Type 1) collagen. Type I collagen accounts for about 90% of the body’s total collagen content.

High blood levels of vitamin C stimulate the production of Type IV collagen, which has important filtration characteristics in the kidney, the blood-brain barrier, and the arterial lining.

Vitamin C Promotes Calcium Incorporation into Bone Tissue

Vitamin C is necessary for the formation and maintenance of quality, high-density bone material. It promotes assimilation of calcium into the bone, protects bones from losing calcium, and fights the oxidative stress that prevents calcium absorption.

Vitamin C and bone metabolism are also related in these ways:

Vitamin C stimulates the formation of the cells that incorporate calcium into bone tissue (osteoblasts).

Vitamin C inhibits the development of cells that dissolve calcium out of bone tissues (osteoclasts).